BARREIRO, Miguel Comisario General del Exercito del Norte of the Mexican Army (fl19th century) l 1Biblio.com
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183741693Matamoros Mexico: Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell 1837. 4to. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 3 4-36 4. 40 pp. Engraved title-page with decorative border Resumen Instructivo Estado Table 1 by Manuel Mendiola Estado 2 by Luis Jose de la Peza and Vicente Daza. Both estados are accounting tables giving the "ingreso" income and the "egreso" expenditure of the operation. The title carries the date of 3.11.1837 while the text sections are dated 3.14.1837. With woodcut printer's device of an eagle and fleurons. Text in Spanish. Bound to style in 19th-century quarter red straight-grained morocco over 19th-century marble paper boards<br/> <br/> Provenance: Hubert Hudson Texas State Senator for Brownsville 1957-1963<br/> <br/> A rare report detailing the failed Mexican mission to rein in the Republic of Texas following the Texan Revolution.<br/> <br/> "In the fall of 1836 the Mexican government attempted with complete lack of success another expedition into Texas." Streeter "Face-saving explanation for Mexico's failure against the despised Texans in 1836-7." Howes This official pamphlet details the failed Mexican expedition into the Republic of Texas over the period of October 21 1836 to March 14 1837. Barreiro an army commissioner in charge of the operation concludes that the "ridiculo" Texan rebels were far less dangerous than the hostile desert terrain. "No es el numero del exercito de Tejas el temible. Bien despreciable y ridiculo es ese peloton de aventureros que piensan que es como andar en cacerias de fieras haberselas con veteranos valientes y aguerridos: es el clima son los desiertos horrorosos son los rios invadeables son los pantanos." It is not the number of the Texas army that is fearsome. Very despicable and ridiculous is that platoon of adventurers who think that it is like going on wild beast hunts dealing with brave and seasoned veterans: it is the climate it is the horrible deserts it is the uncrossable rivers the swamps. Texas had declared its independence on March 2 1836 a culmination of the Texan Revolution which had begun on October 2 1835. The United States did not diplomatically recognize the Republic of Texas until March of 1837 near the publication date of this pamphlet. Texas would remain an independent nation for a decade until it was annexed by the USA on December 29 1845.<br/> <br/> Howes B 170. Palau 24651. Streeter sale I 357. Streeter Texas 918. Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell unknown
181400535755Eastburn Kirk and Co 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur's Orders to Attend General Hull's Court Martial A remarkable document from the Court Martial Brig. General William Hull following his surrender of Detroit which resulted in a death sentence for cowardice. Although his sentence was later remitted General William Hull is the only U.S. general to be sentenced to death by an American court-martial. This copy of the court martial transcript belonged to Hull's second in command Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur and includes the actual hand-written orders commanding him to attend and testify. McArthur's testimony was an essential and central part of the trial filling the entirety of pages 47 to 73. In it as well as numerous contemporary accounts his outrage against Hull's conduct as Commander of the Army of the Northwest during the War of 1812 including the entire campaign in and around Detroit which ended with Hull's surrender not only of Detrit and the forces directly under his command but for some reason of detached troops under McArthur's command which particularly enraged McArthur. Tipped in is the handwritten order a letter of summons from Inspector General Abimael Youngs Nicoll to Brigadier General Duncan McArthur commanding his appearance at General Hull's court martial letter is dated December 2nd 1813 and includes the folded envelope addressed to McArthur. Duncan McArthur 1772-1839 Brigadier General later Governor of Ohio. 156pp. 177 29pp. appendices. Rebound in black cloth gilt title on spine. Light foxing in places; cloth has light surface wear else a Very Good copy. The President of the Court was Major General Henry Dearborn and the special Judge Advocate was Martin van Buren later President of the United States. There is a signature on the title page somewhat reminiscent of Van Buren's during this period appearing to read 'M.v.B illegible'. Additional provenance: Later the property of Brig. General Thomas McArthur Anderson copy grandson of Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur with his signature to the title page pg. 19 and the last page of text. General Anderson had four decades of decorated service 1861-1900 extending from his rise to brevet rank of Lt. Colonel during the Civil War to command of the Army force sent to Skagway and Dyea Alaska to protect American miners heading to the Klondike Gold Rush to his command of the first 'Philippine Expeditionary Force' during the Spanish-American War. During the Philippine campaign he was promoted to the brevet Major General of U.S. Volunteers two stars and retired as a Brigadier General. Eastburn, Kirk and Co hardcover
188647058Boston: Printed By John A. Lowell & CO. 1886. 1886. First edition. 11" x 8 3/4" Original plain stapled wrappers 32 pp. introductory maps index. Third edition according to Howes M125 and the only edition with maps. He also notes 300 copies printed but only a few have been on the rare book market. AE locates only the 1960 Houston edition and only one copy of the 1886 edition in 1922. Eberstadt’s had a copy of the 1886 edition in 1954. In our copy there is a long presentation note to Essex Institute Salem Mass.: "With the compliments of the author and request that this narrative be filed among your records of the Civil War for the use not only of the reading public but for the information and benefit of the Historian and future generations." Graff 2621. Nicholson p.586. Nevins I p.126: "Important only because it recounts a singular and unknown event in an isolated region." Tis book includes eye-witness accounts of the battle at Old Mesilla the first clash in the far west between Union and Confederate forces. In July 1861 Texas Confederates hit the Union outpost at Fort Filmore 40 miles north of El Paso. Under the command of Major Isaac Lynde the fort was surrendered after very little resistance and McKee a young Union surgeon privately published this bitter account. The first edition was printed in very small quantities for friends. This edition is the best edition and a well written account. McKee added an index and two maps not found in the first or second editions. All are very rare. A faint library stamp to the top corner of the front cover minor chipping and nicks to the cover fore-edges else a near fine tight copy. Printed By John A. Lowell & CO., 1886. unknown
185751098ABBerlin, Ferd. Dümmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1857-1863. 8° (21x14), XXIV,318 S., 1 Bl.; VI,386 S.; VI,330 S.; (VI),297 S., mit mehrfach gefalteter lit Karte; (IV),463 S.; VI,339 S.; XII,404 S., mit 1 mehrfach gefalteten gestochenen Karte und 1 mehrfach gefalteten Tab.; VI,194 S.; XX,235 S.; VIII,296 S., einheitl marmor Hlnbde d.Zt mit goldRTitel, 10 Bände in 10 [so komplett], [4 Warenabbildungen] 2. Aufl. unveränderter Abdruck kleiner Besitzvermerk, teils etwas stockfleckig, gelegentliche Marginalie von alter Hand, gute gepflegte Exemplare,
182439395ABLondon, Robert Jennings, 1824. EA. First edition. 3 Bde. Folio. Mit 3 gest. Titelbl., 81 Tafeln (davon 70 handkol., 25 Tafeln m. Gold), 27 kol. Initialen u. 3 tls. kol. Bleistiftzeichnungen. Rot. Halbleder. Vergold. Rückentitel, Rücken-und Deckelvergold. Kopfgoldschnitt. Red half calf. Gilt title on spine, gilt images on back and boards. Top edge gilt. Etw. ber. u. best., Rü. aufgehellt. Tls. stockfl. 3 Exlibris. Schöne dekorative Ausgabe. Slightly rubbed and bumped. Partly foxed. 3 exlibris. Very nice copy.
1851STLD0090München, Cotta (1851). Quer-Folio, 1 lithogr. Titel, 24 lithogr. Taf. m. Textblättern, OHLn., stärker berieb., Ecken u. Kanten berieben, vord. Deckel fleckig. Blätter leicht stockfleckig, Textbll. tlw. zerknittert, randrissig u. staubrandig. Die Abbildungen zeigen Szenen aus dem italienischen Aufstand gegen die Habsburger: Reitergefechte, Straßenkämpfe, Belagerungen in norditalienischen Städten. Lipperheide Qc 20.
1889174435Bombay: Printed at the Times of India Steam Press 1889. Presented by the contingent's commander to his son Sole edition association copy inscribed to his son by Colonel Charles FitzGerald commander of the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent on the front free endpaper "To dearest Arthur from Father 1902." The recipient 1891-1967 was the author's son by his second wife. We have traced only the British Library copy of this account. Charles John Oswald FitzGerald 1840-1912 joined the Indian Army in 1857 and served in the Rebellion. He was appointed Adjutant 3rd Hyderabad in 1862 commanded the contingent during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was promoted to colonel in 1883. The majority of the text comprises FitzGerald's reports on the course of the Burma campaign during which his cavalry had 27 separate encounters with enemy forces and is accompanied by extracts from brigade orders praising FitzGerald and his contingent: "the names of Colonel FitzGerald and the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry will be remembered in Burma and I trust will be written in the history of the country" p. 37. Octavo. With folding 215 x 277 mm albumen group portrait bound in on card as issued. Original red roan boards front cover lettered in gilt. Leather retouched in places a few stains on boards albumen photograph somewhat yellowed: a very good copy. hardcover
18352602240007UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A rare and unique medical manuscript titled "No. 2 Medical Department Orders." This journal was written January 14 1835 - February 7 1838. 154 pages. Hand written in cursive black ink. Bound in contemporary leather-backed boards. Wear / fray with loss to head and tail of spine. Binding shaken. <br> 13 General Orders for the Medical Department. The orders relate to convening an assembly. The manuscript begins with a "Schedule of Particular Orders" from 1835 - 1838. Many of the entries are signed John H. Jones Assistant Inspector of Hospitals Principal Medical Officer or by other Principal Medical Officers. It includes Doctor's signatures and orders. <br> Great Britain occupied the island of Mauritius in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. The islands had been a hotbed of French corsairs and their piracy threatened British shipping from India. Britain continued to control Mauritius until independence in 1968. Port Louis Harbor remained an important port of call until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT hardcover
1856OVO7712Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird. Good. 1856. Hardcover. Signed by W. Wade who submitted many of the reports as the superintendent of weapons casting and experiments at government foundries at top of title page. He had this book sent to the original owner Easton Hodgkinson whose name he wrote at the top of the title page. A copy of a letter dated from 1856 that is about the book and signed by W. Wade and addressed to Easton Hodgkinson is attached to a string that was run down the spine. Hard cover published by Henry Carey Baird in 1856. No dust jacket. Black covers with embossed designs on front and back and gilt lettering and design on spine. Covers have some scuffing corners are bumped and worn and front cover is torn at top along the spine. Back cover has an indentation and tear along top edge and two tears along side edge. Spine is cocked some and is worn at the ends with some tearing and fraying. Endpapers have some writing in pencil. There are some pencil markings on title page and several other pages. Endpapers have foxing and spotting. Pages have some tanning and some pages have spotting. There are two foldout drawings in middle of book. Side edge of pages has some staining near bottom corner and bottom edge of pages has some soiling by corner. Book is in good condition. 428 pages 5.8 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 428 pages; Signed by Author . Henry Carey Baird hardcover
181336362colophon: Cadiz: en la Imprenta Tormentaria á cargo de Juan Domingo Villegas 1813. 8vo 21.5 cm; 8.125". 2 281385 15 pp. fold. plts. numbered xxxix lxviii. <br><br>At the base of the title-page of this infantry manual is printed "Reimpreso por disposicion del . . . señor don Carlos Doyle teniente general de los reales exercitos." => That is Lt. Gen. Charles William Doyle 17701842 ordered this work to be printed.<br>Â Â Â Â Doyle was an Irish-born British lieutenant-colonel who in 1808 was ordered to Portugal to help fight Napoleon in the Peninsular Campaign. He very successfully aided the Spanish army in instilling discipline and organizing light infantry and was made a lieutenant general in the Spanish army. In 1811 Britain ordered him home but when he reached Cadiz Sir Henry Wellesley convinced him to command a camp at which a new army was being organized for action in the south of Spain. Again he was highly successful in his military instruction of new troops and as a result was promoted to full colonel in the British army; he remained in Spain till the end of the war in 1814.<br>Â Â Â Â The present work extracted from the larger one of the same title printed at Madrid by the Imprenta Real in 1808 was clearly printed for the instruction of Doyle's southern army.<br>Â Â Â Â At the rear of the volume are => 30 folding plates setting forth various dispositions and movements of infantry troops; clear careful verbal explanations of these precede them.<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of NUC WorldCat and the CCPBE locate => only three copies worldwide of which only one is in the U.S. West Point.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Contemporary signature of "Velez" on title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Palau. On Doyle see: DNB online. Dark brown speckled calf black gilt-lettered title-label a little chipped to gilt-ruled spine marbled endpapers; binding lightly rubbed. Age-toning and general light soiling occasionally a dog-ear or a spot all plates clean well-attached and whole at folds. => A very sound very good copy. en la Imprenta Tormentaria á cargo de Juan Domingo Villegas unknown books
186351386Mobile: S. H. Goetzel 1863. First edition 16mo 3 parts in 1; pp. 2 ii 220; 104; 47 1; 97-108 Bugle Signals; xiv index 2 ads; 38 engraved plates 8 folding; original paper-covered boards rebacked in blue cloth sometime in the 20th century; boards worn text occasionally dampstained and foxed without the front free endpaper and hinges with old archival paper repair; but in all a good sound and compelling copy of a poorly made book. Parrish & Willingham 5116. <br/><br/> S. H. Goetzel hardcover books
186351386Mobile: S. H. Goetzel 1863. First edition 16mo 3 parts in 1; pp. 2 ii 220; 104; 47 1; 97-108 Bugle Signals; xiv index 2 ads; 38 engraved plates 8 folding; original paper-covered boards rebacked in blue cloth sometime in the 20th century; boards worn text occasionally dampstained and foxed without the front free endpaper and hinges with old archival paper repair; but in all a good sound and compelling copy of a poorly made book. Parrish & Willingham 5116. S. H. Goetzel unknown
1857112005London: John W. Parker & Son 1857. Rather spectacularly "choice" "extra gilt" large paper copy of the Queen's Regs. "Her Majesty has been pleased to give her approbation to the following Regulations and Orders. they are applicable to all stations at which the troops may be serving; and General officers employed on the Staff and commanding officers of regiments are responsible that they are invariably adhered to. every officer in Her Majesty's service is to provide himself with a copy of these Regulations and Orders and to make himself perfectly acquainted with them" Preface. A highly unusual presentation of this basic handbook we have never encountered another similar. Octavo 267 x 175 mm. Tables to the text. Contemporary full crimson hard-grain morocco presentation binding title gilt to the spine low flat bands with gilt dotted roll compartments elaborately gilt concentric panelling in gilt and blind to the boards fleur-de-lys cornerpieces large block of the Royal Arms to the centre of both boards all edges gilt floral roll to edges and turn-ins pale cream surface paper endpapers. A little light shelf-wear corners bumped but overall very good indeed an extremely handsome copy. hardcover
184815976Frankfurt o. V., 1848. 156 S. Gr. 8° Groß-Oktav Kart.
183156822Christiania Samfundets Forlag Johan Krohn 1831-41. Indbundet i 18 samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldte titelfelter. Nederst på rygge er der med tape påsat en papirsetiket. Enkelte kapitæler lidt slidte. Stempel på heftetitelbladene. Hvert hefte ca. 200 pp. Med talrige litograferede kort planer og plancher. Indvendig ren og frisk. <br/><br/><em>Rækken her har alle heftetitelblade men savner titelblade til bindene. Der foreligger 2 litograferede titelblade i hefte 9 og 10 men uden årstal og uden hefte- eller bindbetegnelse."Det eldste av de norske militære tidsskriftene er Norsk militært tidsskrift NMT. Forordet i det første nummeret er datert 31. desember 1830 og tidsskriftet het den gang Militairt Tidsskrift . Det ble utgitt av en Forening til udgivelse af et militairt tidsskrift opprette 4. april 1930. I 1834 ble tidsskriftet overtatt av Christiana Militaire Samfund og fra 1842 ble navnet endret til Norsk Militairt Tidsskrift." </em> unknown
1818327855Paris: Depot Topographique Militaire 1818. Case map. Engraving with outline hand coloring. Dissected and laid on linen with red silk selvedge total size 60 by 50 inches. Marbled paper slipcase with paper label and some wear. Map in very good condition with some stains library stamp below title otherwise in very good condition. St. Petersburg: Depot Topographique Militaire 1818.<br/> <br/> Official large scale map of Russia in French spurred by the invasion plans. The French invasion of Russia also known as the Russian campaign the Second Polish War and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. The War Depot was the military cartography and archives office of the French army since Louis XIV. Its role was amplified under the Revolution and the Empire. Created by Marquis de Louvois in 1688 the War Depot was responsible for collecting and preserving historical archives military memoirs plans and maps having them engraved and published. This is a good example of their work.<br/> <br/> Depot Topographique Militaire unknown
1839298234London: Richard Bentley 1839. Boards. Good-. 313 pp. Vol. 1. Lacks title on spine raised band leather spine is worn leather covers in good shape. Bookplate of the Duke of Roxburghe frontis piece plate has water stain on bottom corner slightly affecting the corner image.volume 2 287 pp leather covers smudged Richard Bentley hardcover
1866am3wafH. Martin, Wien, 1866. Wien 1866-70. Mappenwerk mit 68 lithographischen Tafeln, teils als Chromolithographien, Nr. 146 von 250 Exemplaren. Gedruckt in der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. Erster großzügig illustrierter Katalog zur kaiserlichen Waffensammlung im 1848 neugebauten Arsenal, dem heutigen Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum in Wien. Mit Zeichnungen von J. G. Jahrnbauer, C. Mangold, C. Poschinger, J. Schönberg, Schumann und J. Wopalensky. Ganzleder, Einbanddeckel mit reichgeprägter Dekoration, Lederrücken mit goldgepr. Rückentitel und Rückendekoration. 52,7 x 37,5 cm, 5 echte Bünde, roter Farbschnitt. Einband gering angeschmutzt, etwas berieben, leicht bestoßen, Schnitt sehr wenig angeschmutzt, Seiten wenig lichtrandig, teils sehr leicht angeschmutzt, bzw. stockfleckig, keine Beschädigungen, keine Anstreichungen, altersentsprechend ausgesprochen guter Zustand. (Quirin von Leitner war Kustos der Sammlung und hat eine historisch-wissenschaftliche Aufstellung der Objekte durchgeführt, statt einer romantisch-malerischen Präsentation. Für vorliegendes Mappenwerk wurde er 1870 mit dem Ritterkreuz des Franz-Joseph-Ordens ausgezeichnet.) über 2000 gr. Folio [5 Warenabbildungen] Leder
18802080502106503665Not Available 1880. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1880MILI2465Marburg a.d. Drau., Heinrich Krapek (um 1880). quer 4°, 8 Farbdrucke in neuer HLn.-Flügelmappe, guter Erhaltungszustand. Heinrich Krapek (1841-1915) betrieb ab 1870 in Marburg an der Drau ein Photoatelier und einen Verlag für Ansichtskarten und Kunstdrucke.
185064891Ohne Ort, ohne Verlag bzw. Drucker, o. J. (um 1840-1850). 4°. Mit 15 Darstellungen auf 2 gefalt. Tafeln. 1 Bl., 32 S., Marmor. Ppbd. d. Zt.
183961148Wien, J. G. Ritters v. Mösle sel. Witwe (Anhang: Auf Kosten des Verfassers), 1827-1839. 8°. Zus. ca. 2.400 S., HLwd.-Bde. d. Zt. m. etw. Rückenverg. u. goldgepr. Rückentitel.
18632604050021United States Army 1863. First Edition. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibles. Very Good. Signed. Large two sided document. Printed with manuscript names filled in. The first name listed is Colonel Eli Long. This document shows the Colonel Captains Sergeants Lieutenants and the privates. This document shows the pay from October 31st 1863 to December 31st 1863. <br> According to NPS: "On February 23 1863 Long was appointed colonel of the 4th Ohio Cavalry a regiment which recently had surrendered to the Confederate raider Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Long improved the morale of the regiment and led it in the Tullahoma Campaign. He commanded the regiment's brigade the 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps of the Department of the Cumberland between March 1863 and August 20 1864 including service at the Battle of Chickamauga. Long was wounded in the left side at the Battle of Farmington Tennessee October 7 1863. He was distinguished in the Atlanta Campaign where he suffered a head wound at the Battle of Jonesboro Georgia August 20 1864 and wounds in the right arm and right thigh at the Battle of Lovejoy's Station Georgia August 21 1864. Long received brevet grade appointments as major lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Regular Army of the United States for "gallant and meritorious services" at the Battle of Farmington and Battle of Fort Sanders Knoxville in Tennessee and Battle of Lovejoy's Station in Georgia respectively. Between November 16 1864 and April 2 1865 Long commanded the 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of Mississippi under Major General James H. Wilson. On April 2 1865 during Wilson’s Raid Long was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Selma Alabama. During that battle he led the 2nd Division in a charge upon the entrenchments that resulted in the capture of that town. During the Civil War Long was wounded five times and also cited for gallantry five times. On January 13 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Long for appointment to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers United States Army unknown
18631214<p>Rare Confederate Imprint:</p><p>24 mo. 5 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches 1 preliminary leaf ii </p><p>Three parts in one volume: "Cavalry Tactics For Single Line Formation" 220 pages</p><p>"Evolutions of a Regiment" 104 pages</p><p>"Skirmish Drill for Mounted Troops" 47 pages</p><p>"Bugle Signals" pages 97-108 among them: "To Arms" "The Charge" "Reveille" "Retreat" "Dinner Call" and "Tattoo" all with musical notation</p><p>"Table of Contents" plus Index and "Skirmish Drill For Mounted Troops" xiv pages</p><p>38 plates some folded: diagrams tables and charts.</p><p>Good condition collated perfect in green paper covered boards old blue cloth re-backing with worn black paper label mild foxing to some pages – not affecting contents.</p><p>"Fighting Joe" Wheeler was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army. He was the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater.</p><p>He earned his nickname on the Western frontier where he distinguished himself in skirmishes against Native Americans.</p> S. H. Goetzel, & Co. hardcover
1890010590Virginia 1890. Unbound. Very good. This lot consists of three items related to former Confederate Army Captain F. M. Sherry: </p> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">“An 1865 Richmond Loyalty Oath Certificate. The certificate is dated 24 July 1865 and measures 6.25†x 4.25â€. It is franked with a 5-cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamp Scott #R24. In signing the document Sherry swore that he would<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">““Henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder; and that he will . . . abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. . .â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">He also swore that he would<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">“Uphold and defend the Government of Virginia as restored by the Convention which assembled at Wheeling on the 11th day of June 1861.â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">The oath was countersigned by C. P. Bigger “Notary Public for the City of Richmond and County of Henrico in the State of Va.â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">An 1890 “Grand Monument†certificate - The certificate is dated 29 September 1890 and measures 9.25†x 5.75â€. The certificate which bears a serial number No. 761 was issued by the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association of Richmond Virgina recognizing his contribution of ten dollars <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">“To the fund for the erection of a Grand Monument to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy on Libby’s Hill Marshall Park Richmond VA. / D. C. Richardson President / Carlton McCarthy Secretary / Wm. H. Cullingworth Treasurerâ€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">The monument certificate is enclosed in a very scarce advertising cover for the Old Dominion Building & Loan Association that features a ‘picture frame collar’ surrounding the 2-cent Washington stamp Scott #220 that was used for postage. It bears a Richmond duplex postmark. F. M. Sherry a Richmond citizen served as Captain in the Confederate Army specifically in the defense of his city while assigned to George Washington Custis Lee’s Brigade and later within the Richmond Local Defense Troops during the final collapse of the Confederacy.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>By December 1863 it had become clear that the Union which had already occupied wide swaths of the Confederacy needed to plan for the likely reintegration into the Union of former members of its armed forces. On the 8th of that month President Lincoln drafted an Oath of Allegiance which if signed by a former rebel would restore their U. S. citizenship and allow them to vote in elections. Following the war his draft was variously modified into loyalty oaths by the reconstituted governments of the Southern states. The document in this lot is Virginia’s version.<br /> <br /> <p>The Confederate Monument Association was formed in 1888 to raise a memorial to the Confederate veterans of the Civil War. The monument which featured a Confederate soldier standing atop a Corinthian column was designed by Wilfred Cutshaw to resemble Pompey’s Pillar in Egypt. It was built at a cost of $30000 and remained in place at the intersection of North 29th Street and Libby Terrace until Democratic Mayor of Richmond Levar Stoney used “emergency powers†citing public safety concerns regarding the ongoing nationwide protests and riots that occurred at the height of the “cancel culture†frenzy that followed the death of George Floyd to order the removal of all Confederate monuments from the city in 2020. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information see “F. M. Sherry†at the American Civil War Research Database President Lincoln’s “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction†at the Freedmen and Southern Society Project website and Mayor Stoney’s official decree ordering the removal of Richmond’s Confederate monuments available online at YouTube.<br /> <br /> <p>Very scarce Virginia Reconstruction era documents. At the time of listing no other examples of them are available for sale in the trade. The Rare Book Hub shows none have appeared at public auction. OCLC shows no Richmond loyalty certificates are held by institutions; however it is likely some are contained within four other personal papers collections at the University of Virginia. It also shows no monument association donation certificates are held by institutions although it is almost certain that at least one is within the association’s papers collection which is held by the Virginia Historical Society. unknown
